Ventilating attachment for hats



Jan. 7, 1958 G. c. BURNISON VENTILATING ATTACHMENT FOR HATS Filed July 21, 1955 INVENTOR.

GEORGE c. BURNISON BY (7W ATTORNEY United States Patent VENTILATIN G ATTACHMENT FOR HATS George C. Burnison, Portland, Oreg.

Application July 21, 1955, Serial No. 523,499

2 Claims. (Cl. 2181.2)

This invention relates to sweat bands for hats, but more particularly to a type of sweat band which has attached thereto a plurality of grommets which protrude inwardly from the inner surface of the sweat band contacting the head of the wearer in order to permit the free flow of air to the head of the wearer.

This applicant having had many years of experience in the art of hair culture, has discovered that complete exposure of the human head to the elements and especially to the rays of the sun, tends to dry the scalp and impair the hair follicles; yet the average hats worn by men, have sweat bands which fit so tightly to the head that they tend to impede circulation of the blood, cause perspiration and tend to promote baldness.

One object of the disclosed embodiment of this invention is to provide a sweat band having grommets attached thereto which separate the sweat band from the head; and further:

To provide an article of this kind that prevents oil, perspiration and other objectionable matter being absorbed by the sweat band; and again:

To prevent hair from curling upwardly from the pressure of the hats that are the present vogue; and further:

To provide a means of promoting even blood circulation around the portion of the head which normally comes in contact with the commercial sweat bands, that have become standard by usage, and again:

To provide leather grommets having cores composed of sponge rubber, neoprene, or any synthetic plastic material, that may be applied to bats now in use, or built into hats during their manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent in the following specification and appended claims, which taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, form part of this application, of which:

Fig. 1 is a transverse section of a hat showing the grommets attached to the sweat band;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of a hat taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing the means of attaching the grommets to the sweat band:

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section showing the means of fastening the grommets to the sweat band;

Fig. 5 is an exploded view of the grommets and attaching devices:

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the spring element of the attaching means, and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary side elevation of the structure taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 4.

Now with more detailed reference to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts; the numeral 2 shows the crown of a conventional type of hat worn by men, with brim 3 integral therewith and hat band 4 passing around the periphery of the crown 2,818,574 Patented Jan. 7, 1958 in close juxtaposition to the brim, while the lower edge of sweat band 5 is sewn to the inner surface of crown 2 immediately above brim 3.

The grommets which are adapted to contact the head of the wearer, consist of two leather disks 6-7 and cores 8 composed of sponge rubber, or any preferred resistant and tenacious material; said cores being formed to predetermined diameters to fit between disks 67 which are pressed together at their edges and cemented in order to retain cores 8. Metal bases 9 are embedded in said cores as shown in Fig. 3, while necks 10 integral with said bases, protrude through disks 7 and terminate in heads 11 which are forced through apertures 12-13 defined in disks 7 and sweat band 5, respectively.

When said heads are forced through apertures 12-13, a spring clip 14 is pressed over neck 10 intermediate head 11 and sweat band 5 in order to fasten the grommets to the sweat band.

In order to apply the disclosed embodiment of this invention to a hat, the sweat band 5 (which is attached within the hat as above described), has a plurality of apertures defined therein at predetermined positions for the purpose of locating the grommets by means of heads 11, which are forced through said apertures; the spring clip 14 is then pressed over neck 10, which pulls base 9 toward the sweat band in order to lock the grommets to said sweat band.

While the structure has been described in detail and with specific illustrations, it is to be understood that other modifications in construction and arrangements of parts may be devised without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The present embodiment is illustrative but not restrictive, since the scope and purview of the invention is indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description.

Having thus fully described and illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention in a manner that may enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to construct and use the same, what is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A ventilating attachment adapted to be detachably fastened to the sweat band of a hat, comprising a grommet having a core composed of resilient material formed to predetermined dimensions, disks composed of tenacious material tapering to feathered edges, having greater diameter than the core, which are cemented together to form a covering for said core, a metal base registering with the inner surface of one of said disks and one side of said core, a neck integral with said base protruding through said tenacious material, a head formed on the free end of said neck adapted to pass through openings in a sweat band for the purpose of attaching said grommet to the exposed surface of said sweat band, and means to prevent accidental release of the grommet from the sweat band.

2. A ventilating attachment as described in claim 1, in which the disks are composed of leather, and the core composed of resilient synthetic resin adapted to conform to the contour of the head of the user, and the means to prevent accidental release of the grommet from the sweat band being detachable from said grommet.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 660,062 Mahoney Oct. 16, 1900 860,417 Speight July 16, 1907 1,434,743 Hardman Nov. 7, 1922 2,304,111 Merrick Dec. 8, 1942 2,479,239 Johnson Aug. 16, 1949 

